The best cited articles of the European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (EJOST): a bibliometric analysis.

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (EJOST) was founded in 1991. It was initially named as Orthopédie-Traumatologie, and since then it is dedicated in sharing knowledge and new evidence in the field of orthopaedics. Within 28 volumes and 157 issues, it has published 3218 scientific articles.

Synthesis of the 19th ArgoSpine Symposium.

After a short introduction of the meeting by the President 2015, Wilco Peul, the opening lecture was delivered by Bart Koes, who dealt with Health Technology Assessment and Guidelines. Then, it was the turn of Carmen Vleggert to show whether there was any Evidence for the Use of Implants in Spinal Stenosis. The final presentation of this session was delivered by Björn Strömqvist who dealt with Surgery for Lumbar Disc Herniation, patients' selection and outcomes.

Synthesis of the 18th ArgoSpine Symposium.

The subject of this 18th Symposium of ArgoSpine Association was the space of the intervertebral discs. Space of the intervertebral discs must be initially defined anatomically and histologically. A geometrical rebuilding in 3D is possible and must allow a modeling of the intervertebral discs.

Results of treatment of septic knee arthritis: a retrospective series of 40 cases.

We studied a consecutive series of 40 patients presenting a septic knee arthritis, with a mean age of 49 +/- 20 (range 19-81) years. The aetiologies were: 18 postoperative arthritis, 12 haematogenous infections, 7 arthritis following aspiration or infiltration, and 3 articular wounds. The most common organisms were Staphylococcus aureus and epidermidis (23 cases).

[Clear-cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses: three case reports].

Clear-cell sarcoma (CCS) of tendons and aponeuroses is a rare malignant tumor representing about 1% of soft tissue tumors. Preferentially observed in young adults in the second or third decade, the tumor generally develops in the limbs. Only 2% of SCC of tendons and aponeuroses have been reported in children less than 10 years of age.

Clinical significance of heterotopic ossification in cervical disc replacement: a prospective multicenter clinical trial.

Objective: Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a well-known complication in joint replacements, but its occurrence and clinical effect on cervical artificial discs has not yet been studied. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of HO in cervical disc replacement, to identify any associated risk factors for HO, and to examine the relationship of HO with clinical outcomes.

Methods: The patient data for this observational study were obtained from the original Bryan Disc Study by the European Consortium.

Repair of distal biceps tendon ruptures using a suture anchor and an anterior approach.

In a prospective study, eight consecutive patients with nine ruptures of the distal biceps tendon underwent repair through a single incision. All patients were satisfied with their clinical results and had full ranges of elbow and forearm motion. There were no radial nerve injuries and no radio-ulnar synostoses.

Intermediate follow-up after treatment of degenerative disc disease with the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis: single-level and bi-level.

Study Design: Prospective, concurrently enrolled, multicenter trials of the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis (Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Memphis, TN) were conducted for the treatment of patients with single-level and two-level (bi-level) degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine.

Objectives: The studies were designed to determine whether new functional intervertebral cervical disc prosthesis can provide relief from objective neurologic symptoms and signs, improve the patient's ability to perform activities of daily living, decrease pain, and maintain stability and segmental motion.

Summary Of Background Data: The concept of accelerated degeneration of adjacent disc levels as a consequence of increased stress caused by interbody fusion of the cervical spine has been widely postulated.

Preliminary clinical experience with the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis.

Objective: The concept of accelerated degeneration of adjacent disc levels as a consequence of increased stress caused by interbody fusion of the cervical spine has been widely postulated. Therefore, reconstruction of a failed intervertebral disc with a functional disc prosthesis should offer the same benefits as fusion while simultaneously providing motion and thereby protecting the adjacent level discs from the abnormal stresses associated with fusion. This study was designed to determine whether a new, functional intervertebral cervical disc prosthesis can provide relief from objective neurological symptoms and signs, improve the patient's ability to perform activities of daily living, decrease pain, and provide stability and normal range of motion.

[Long-term survival rate of tibial osteotomies for valgus gonarthrosis].

Purpose Of The Study: High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a routine procedure for medial gonarthrosis. Mid-term results are known to be satisfactory, but they deteriorate with longer follow-up. The authors present a long term survival analysis of 109 out of 111 consecutive HTO with a minimal potential follow-up of ten years.

[Proximal tibial meniscal slope: a comparison with the bone slope].

Purpose Of The Study: X-ray measurements of the proximal tibial slope only study bony structures, without considering cartilage and meniscil thickness. It is well known that the posterior horn of the meniscil is thicker than the anterior one, and this could decrease the bony postero-distal slope. The aim of this study was to measure the meniscal slope, including cartilage and meniscil, and to compare it to the usual bony slope.

[Thoracic outlet syndrome. A study of 45 cases treated between 1975 and 1993].

Since 1970 we have experience of more than 100 cases of the thoracic outlet syndrome. We have rewied 45 patients operated on between 1975 and 1993.The cause, in agreement with the literature, was in 30% a road accident (cervical spine and clavicular disease), in 54% malformations (cervical rib) with a similar frequency of involvement with neurological pathology of the upper limb.

[Madelung's deformity - Why choose the Sauvé-Kapandji osteotomy?].

For bilateral Madelung's deformity in a 14-year-old girl we did the Sauvé and Kapandji operation without additional radius osteotomy. The operation was justified by the protrusion of the head of the ulna, the limitation of the rotation and diminution of the strength of the wrist, and inability to do sporting activity. The clinical findings were referred to the instability of the inferior radio ulnar joint There was no pain.

Biomechanical evaluation of different instrumentation for spinal stabilisation.

The varying problems following arthrodesis of the lumbar spine with rods or plates (too much rigidity for the first and insufficient stability for the second) have led us to conceive another type of material, flexible but with enough stability, to favorise healing of bone graft, and decrease the induced pathology on adjacent levels. An experimental study of three types of material: rigid, semi-rigid and flexible was performed on eighteen fresh cadaver spinal segments without and then with discectomy and corporectomy to find out the various types of behaviour. The flexible device seems more supple than the other materials tested: more mobility, less stiffness.

[The "Oxford" unicondylar knee prostesis (UCP): 21 reviewed cases].

The unicompartimental knee prosthesis known as "Oxford" is a non constraint prosthesis, entrusting the whole of its stability to an intact ligamentary apparatus. Where the support surfaces of most prostheses remain limited, even punctiform, the originality of the Goodfellow prosthesis lies in the fact that the prosthetic condyle, whatever the flexion angle is, leans against a mobile prosthetic meniscus with spheric superior concavity of the same radius as the condylian radius, which increases considerably the prosthetic leaning surfaces and therefore lessens the pressure constraints. The superior surface, concave, of this prosthetic meniscus takes charge of the rolling, where the inferior plane surface realizes the gliding on the metallic tibial plate.